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• fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Nobody’s stopping you using “whelmed”. You can just start using it whenever the opportunity arises.

  I use it occasionally, though normally not seriously, along with words where you have an “un” or "dis’, but no positive equivalent, e.g. “gusting” as a positive “disgusting”

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  • Scrollone@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    English lacks a “gusting” word, but romance languages don’t.

    e.g. in Italian “gustoso” is the opposite of “disgustoso”

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    • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That’s a brilliant fact, and perfect example if anyone disagrees with me, thank you :)

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  • NikkiDimes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    lol I love “gusting.” Next time I eat someone else’s cooking, I’m throwing that out there.

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• Crewman@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Whelm and overwhelm are synonyms.

  The way I learned it, is that people have a tendency to emphasize, so when became overwhelmed. You see the same thing with ‘good’, ‘great’, and 'epic’meaning the same thing within certain contexts.

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  • NikkiDimes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    If you want to get technical, I believe “whelm” originally came from waves hitting the hull of a ship, overwhelmed was when the waves crashed over the side and onto the deck.

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